Yup. With the stock drops, she didn't like riding the bike very much. Since the bar conversion, she loooves riding the bike and suggests going for rides more often than I do. So to me, the bars are a total win.

It's a Nashbar road frame. The fork, and seat post are CF and from my old Trek 5200 as are the bars. The seat is a Specialized Avatar, the wheels are Mavic Open Pros and the components are all Ultegra. It's my sleeper.

kookaburra, the front basket is a bit large for my taste, otherwise hot.

I feel like I need beefier looking rack on the back to balance out the basket. Right now it's kind of bulldozer-esque.

But it sure does carry a hell of a lot!

I was worried that the basket would interfere with the bike racks on the busses around here, but yesterday I spent some time taking them random places, and all of the different types of bus racks hold it fine. Huzzah!

What really caught my eye is how well you've done the red highlights. It looks so sharp!

The Lynskey had the red decals, and I had the red Rubino Pro tires on my CAAD8. I swapped the tires out (they were almost new anyway) before selling the CAAD, and once I started adding to the red, it just made sense to keep going.

I feel like I need beefier looking rack on the back to balance out the basket. Right now it's kind of bulldozer-esque.

But it sure does carry a hell of a lot!

Load capacity---FTW!!!!

My eyes are bigger than my little folding basket.

Originally Posted by demoncyclist

The Lynskey had the red decals, and I had the red Rubino Pro tires on my CAAD8. I swapped the tires out (they were almost new anyway) before selling the CAAD, and once I started adding to the red, it just made sense to keep going.

Any details on that fork? Is it specifically made for use with fenders? I can't really tell how your front fenders are attached to the fork.

It's a Kona Project 2 Carbon Cyclocross Disc fork. You can find a decent review of it here.

It is made for use with fenders, and the eyelets (which are detachable!) mount above the disc caliper. This required some bending of the fender stays (masterfully done by the guys at Sellwood Cycle Repair where I bought it), but I think it's much better than having to space one side way out to get it over the brake caliper. It seems to be pretty stable.

The fork has a tapered (1-1/8"-1-1/2") carbon steerer. My frame was made for a straight 1-1/8" steerer with internal cups, but the Chris King InSet 7 headset adapts for that with an external cup. It relaxes the head tube angle a bit (0.73 degrees, I think), but I'm inclined to think that might even be an improvement in light of how I use this bike (i.e. commuting and not racing).

Before I found this fork I was considering the Whisky No. 7, but I wasn't sure how I'd feel about my bike have a "Whisky disc" fork.